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Siavash Sameni 7a616744f4 docs: complete code-reality alignment for remaining docs + reconcile issue set
Remaining docs updated to match code (the docs that the first pass had not covered):
- Flows: Chat, Referral, Rating, Registration, Google OAuth, Negotiation, Payout,
  Trezor Safekeeping — corrected endpoints, socket events, status enums, auth gaps
- API Reference: User API, Trezor API — admin route prefix/verb/status corrections,
  added undocumented endpoints (ton-proof challenge, profile email verify,
  GET /trezor/account, POST /trezor/verify-operation)
- Data Models: Chat, Notification, Payment, PointTransaction, User — corrected
  enums (PaymentProvider, escrowState, PointTransaction.type, User.status),
  90-day notification TTL, soft-delete semantics, wallet fields

Trezor "zero frontend" finding (audit C31/C32) corrected as STALE:
- Verified current code HAS a full frontend Trezor implementation (admin/trezor
  page, TrezorSettingsView, trezorConnector via @trezor/connect-web,
  TrezorSignDialog, actions/trezor.ts building the {message,signature} object)
- Fixed Trezor Safekeeping Flow doc (removed false "no frontend" warnings)
- Reclassified ISSUE-012 as invalid/superseded with explanation

Issue set reconciled to a single canonical numbering (ISSUE-001..054):
- Adopted the comprehensive 51-issue set (long-slug, fully indexed)
- Removed 35 superseded short-slug duplicates from the first pass
- Removed a duplicate ISSUE-046 file
- Added 3 issues the 51-set lacked: ISSUE-052 (completed-not-counted-in-stats),
  ISSUE-053 (axios 401-only interceptor), ISSUE-054 (rate limiter counts all attempts)
- Regenerated Issues Index: 53 open (14 critical, 39 major) + 1 invalid

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-29 15:15:02 +04:00

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issue, title, severity, domain, labels, status, created, source
issue title severity domain labels status created source
054 Login rate limiter counts all attempts (not just failures) — users locked out after correct logins major Authentication
backend
bug
open 2026-05-29 Doc vs Code Audit 2026-05-29

🟠 Login rate limiter counts all attempts (not just failures) — users locked out after correct logins

Severity: major Domain: Authentication Labels: backend, bug

Description

rateLimitService.checkLoginAttempts() calls checkLimit()redisService.incr, incrementing the counter on every login invocation, before password comparison. The counter only resets after a fully successful login. So 5 total attempts within 15 min (any mix of correct/incorrect passwords) triggers the lockout — not 5 failures as the docs imply.

Current Behavior

5 total login attempts within 15 minutes → 429 TOO_MANY_ATTEMPTS, even if some attempts used the correct password.

Expected Behavior

The counter should increment only on a failed password comparison, not on every attempt. Otherwise document the actual behaviour so UX warns users appropriately.

Affected Files

  • backend/src/services/auth/rateLimitService.tscheckLoginAttempts / checkLimit
  • backend/src/controllers/authController.ts — move the increment to after password comparison

References